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Interactive Quiz #34:
Cessna 150
Many pilots have learned to fly in the venerable Cessna 150 and its
successor, the 152. The 150 remains a favorite for flight schools all over the
world, and is the focus of Irv Siegel's latest interactive quiz. For those
pilots who have owned, operated, or learned to fly in one of these aircraft,
this should be a relatively easy exercise. For others, it's an opportunity to
learn about one of the most popular training aircraft in the world.
by Irv Siegel
 Derived
from the Cessna 120/140, the Cessna 150 had a nosewheel rather than a tailwheel,
making it much easier to handle on the ground, and it's relatively simple to
maintain. Although primarily meant (and marketed) as a training aircraft, many
of them are used by pilots as a VFR transportation tool, and some are even
IFR-equipped, although the weight of the IFR equipment can reduce the already skimpy
allowable payload down to the point where it's really a single person aircraft.
This was especially true in the past, when avionics weighed a lot more than they
do now, but nowadays it's not quite so unusual to find a Cessna 150/152 equipped
for IFR flight and able to carry two people.
NOTE: This quiz is based on the Owner's Manual for a 1964 Model 150.
All airspeeds in the Owner's Manual are given in MPH.
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